Luke 16:8 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁸ So the master commended the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the sons of light.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting shrewdly and prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [relation to] their own generation [to their own age and kind] than are the sons of light.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Common English Bible

⁸ “The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted cleverly. People who belong to this world are more clever in dealing with their peers than are people who belong to the light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Luke 16:8 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 12:32

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in the present age nor in the age to come.

Matthew 17:26

Peter said to him, “From strangers.” And Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.

Luke 16:10

“He who is faithful with very little is also faithful with much, and he who is dishonest with very little is also dishonest with much.

Luke 16:4

I know what I will do so that when I am removed from my stewardship people will receive me into their homes.’

Luke 16:7

Then he said to another, ‘And how much do yoʋ owe?’ The man said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ The steward said to him, ‘Take yoʋr bill and write eighty.’

Luke 18:6

Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

Luke 20:34

Jesus answered them, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage,

Luke 20:35

but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are they given in marriage.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become foolish so that he may become truly wise.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

You are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of the darkness.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen lineage, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.